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“They are starting to get hungry!!”

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , , on October 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wolf freshman Nicole Lester had a perfect serving set Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

   Wolf freshman Nicole Lester had a perfect serving set Tuesday. (John Fisken photo)

No quit in them.

Missing two of its best players Tuesday, with just seven spikers on call, the Coupeville High School JV volleyball squad came amazingly close to knocking off a talented foe.

Bellevue Christian eventually escaped with a 25-17, 25-23, 25-19 non-conference win, dropping the Wolves to 3-4, but the host Vikings had to dig deep to pull it off.

“Even without two of our biggest weapons the girls were close to handing BC a major upset,” said CHS coach Heidi Wyman. “The blocking and aggressive jousting/net play was exciting to watch.

“They are starting to get hungry out there; time to eat!”

The young Wolves were playing without Maddy Hilkey, who moved up to cover for a missing starter in the varsity match, and Kameryn St Onge, who was out sick.

In their places, Coupeville got strong work from the rest of its roster.

Sarah Wright “came alive in the third set,” recording five service aces and five kills, while Allison Wenzel “had the play of the night with a massive solo block that had the whole crowd going.”

“She (Wenzel) was consistent all night playing both the middle and opposite positions well,” Wyman said.

Wenzel (three kills) and Kenzi LaRue (four) combined to pick up some of the slack with the big-hitting St Onge being sidelined, while Maggie Crimmins “was on fire in the back row, digging balls that had no business being passed, frustrating the BC hitters.”

Coupeville notched 15 kills and nine aces, with six perfect serving sets.

Crimmins and Wright tallied two apiece, while LaRue and Nicole Lester each had one.

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Wolves launch big bounce-back!!

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on October 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wolf frosh Maddy Hilkey stepped in at libero Tuesday and sparkled. (John Fisken photo)

Wolf frosh Maddy Hilkey stepped in at libero Tuesday and sparkled. (John Fisken photo)

They put the fear of God into ’em.

Playing on the road, minus arguably their most dynamic player, the Coupeville High School spikers pushed a private school powerhouse to the brink Tuesday night.

While the Wolves eventually fell 25-22, 25-20, 25-22 to host Bellevue Christian, they went down landing hay-makers from all sides, sparked by a freshman adding another chapter to her family’s storied athletic history.

With starting libero Valen Trujillo unavailable, ninth grader Maddy Hilkey stepped into the role and was en fuego, reviving memories of mom Emrie McCauslin, a former Wolf legend in several sports.

“Maddy did an amazing job of stepping up,” said jubilant CHS coach Breanne Smedley.

And it wasn’t just the young phenom who delighted her coach on this night.

Bouncing back from an agonizing five-set defeat to Chimacum in their previous match, the Wolves showed the loss would inspire them, and not crack their resolve.

“They battled and fought well,” Smedley said. “We had great strings of points, then would let them creep back in.

“Still working on finishing and closing out games under pressure, but the girls were swinging and playing aggressively against a hard-hitting and scrappy team.”

Coupeville came strong at the net, with its big hitters rising to the occasion.

“Our middles were also effective tonight,” Smedley said. “Both Katrina (McGranahan) and McKenzie (Bailey) did a great job swinging for corners and playing aggressively at the net.”

The Wolves best run came in the third set, when Sydney Autio ripped off nine straight points at the service stripe, sending her team to an 11-2 lead.

Autio finished with 16 service points while also putting up 14 assists from the setter position, while Bailey (six kills) and McGranahan (three aces, six kills) pounded away.

Hard-hitting sophomore sensation Payton Aparicio was on target as well, collecting five kills.

Coupeville returns home Thursday for a non-conference match against 1A Olympic League foe Port Townsend (yeah, it’s confusing), then kicks off the “real” six-match league schedule Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Having proved their resiliency, the scrappy Wolves, who are expected to have Trujillo back in the lineup Thursday, want to prove their 1-6 record is deceptive.

“The girls are motivated and excited to bring this intensity against Port Townsend on Thursday!,” Smedley said.

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On to the next one!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on September 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Hard-charging freshman Lindsey Roberts and her Wolf teammates are ready to charge on to the next game. (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

   Fast-flying freshman Lindsey Roberts and her Wolf teammates are ready to charge on to the next game. (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

The goals dried up in a hurry.

Coming off a game in which it scored eight times, and could have doubled that if it hadn’t spent the final 30 minutes playing keep-away, the Coupeville High School girls’ soccer squad hit a road bump Tuesday.

Facing a tough-nosed Bellevue Christian team, the Wolves fell 6-0 in a non-conference game.

The loss dropped CHS to 1-2-1 on the season, with another non-conference road game just around the corner.

That one is Thursday at 2A Sequim, against a team that has split its first two contests against Coupeville’s fellow 1A Olympic League teams.

Sequim beat Chimacum 2-0, then lost to defending 1A state champ Klahowya 2-0.

Coupeville had racked up 13 goals in its first three games, with freshmen Kalia Littlejohn finding the back of the net in each of the contests, but that run came to an end at the hands of Vikings goalkeepers Emilie Groeschel and Julia Gottlieb.

Bellevue punched home three goals in each half, with Bella Boscolo leading the way with a two-goal night.

Lucy Rash led BC with a pair of assists.

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Not done yet!!

Posted in Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , on February 17, 2015| 1 Comment »

Judy

   Julia Myers and her squad will get back at it Wednesday with a game against Seattle Christian. (John Fisken photo)

One team. One goal. Not done yet. (Amy King photo)

One team. One goal. Not done yet. (Amy King photo)

The bad news first. This one hurt.

Charging into the playoffs on a seven-game winning streak, carrying a league championship banner with them, the Coupeville High School girls’ basketball squad got rocked back on its heels Monday night.

Absorbing a 50-33 loss to Bellevue Christian in a game played at Sumner High School, the Wolves suffered their second worst loss of the season.

Facing a team they lost to by just a single point early in the season, they were out of this one painfully early.

Now, the good news. It ain’t over just yet.

Coupeville will carry its 15-6 record back to Sumner Wednesday to play Seattle Christian in a loser-out game (6 PM tip-off).

Win that and they’ll go to Foss High School Saturday for a 2 PM game against the loser of Cascade Christian and BC.

That game would be for second place in the district tourney and the final slot to regionals.

The Wolves opened district play with a bang, as senior Madeline Strasburg — who was injured and missed her team’s 52-51 loss to BC back in early Dec. — knocked down a three-ball to open the scoring.

But, as quickly as things started, they ended.

“Things went downhill fast,” said CHS coach David King. “We couldn’t stop their dribble drives, they got open looks from the outside and took control of the game after the first few minutes.

“Bellevue Christian came to play and had a good game plan.”

Part of that game plan was to beat the crud out of the Wolves, putting as many as three players on Wolf star Makana Stone in an effort to disrupt her game.

While the sensational junior responded with a 15-point, 13-rebound effort, she had to play through a stifling defense all night and her ability to move was blunted by Bellevue’s physical play.

“The physical part is something we are going to have to get used to and understand for our next game,” King said. “All season fouls were called on the type of physical play (both sides) in the game; last night the refs let them play physical and BC took advantage of that.

“We will have to understand this and match the other teams physicality and play through,” he added. “If the refs allow this type of play we have to understand this and up our game.”

Trailing 15-4 after one, things didn’t get much better in the second (10-4) or third (16-10) quarter.

It wasn’t until the fourth that the Wolves finally seemed to click offensively, closing on a 14-10 run.

“The way we played in the fourth quarter is how we should have played from the first quarter on,” King said.

Sophomore Kailey Kellner stepped up, scoring all five of her points in the final quarter of play, including dropping in a trey.

“I was pleased with the effort midway through the third and through the fourth,” King said. “All is not lost; we still have some fight and will look to bounce back tomorrow night.

“It won’t be easy, they aren’t going to hand us the game,” he added. “We have to play better basketball if we want to come home with a win and advance to the Saturday game. We have the players and talent to be a very good team.”

Strasburg dropped in four points and handed out three assists in support of Stone and Kellner, while Myers had three points and two steals.

Kacie Kiel (two points, three rebounds, three assists, two steals), Hailey Hammer (two points, two blocks) and Mia Littlejohn (two points) also chipped in.

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Don’t go in the locker room! Ever!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Ryan Griggs (John Fisken photos)

Ryan Griggs, workin’ hard in the paint. (John Fisken photos)

Aaron Curtin flies up the court, on his way to scoring two of his team-high 13.

Aaron Curtin flies up the court, on his way to scoring two of his team-high 13.

Continuing a disturbing trend from recent seasons, the Coupeville High School boys’ basketball squad stumbled, badly, in the third quarter Saturday and it cost them dearly.

Outscored 21-7 in the first eight minutes after the break, the Wolves saw a close game slip out of their grasp and suffered an 80-50 beating at the hands of non-conference foe Bellevue Christian.

The loss, coming less than 24 hours after a fired-up CHS squad ran Darrington off the same floor for four quarters, dropped the Wolves to 1-3.

Coupeville travels to Mount Baker Monday for another non-conference tilt, before playing its first game in the new 1A Olympic League Friday, Dec. 12, when Klahowya comes to Whidbey.

As in all their losses this season, the Wolves came out strongly. Getting fired-up to tip-off is not a problem for CHS.

Aaron Curtin led the way, pouring in seven in the first quarter with a variety of moves.

Coupeville led in the early going, then, after briefly hitting a rough patch, rebounded sharply on a three-point bomb from Wiley Hesselgrave and a bucket off a nice inside cut by Ryan Griggs.

Bellevue, which was much, much quicker than their hosts, tried to break the game open, but the Wolves refused to fold in the first half.

The highlight was a 6-2 run in which Curtin ripped a rebound free, then forcibly bull-rushed his way through three defenders for a put-back.

The third quarter started OK, for half a second, with Joel Walstad netting a free throw and Hesselgrave slicing inside for a bucket.

But then things fell apart completely and the refs decided to stretch the game out with an endless series of ticky-tacky foul calls.

As the two teams plodded through a fourth quarter that took an eternity with a never-ending parade to the free throw line, even the hardiest of fans began to curse the never-comfortable bleachers.

The oblivious refs, having just discovered that those shiny whistles clamped between their teeth made a pleasing (to them) noise when tooted, had little mercy.

In the end, Hesselgrave (before fouling out thanks to some seriously silly foul calls by the overly-sensitive refs) and Curtin paced the Wolves with 13 apiece.

Aaron Trumbull banked in eight, Griggs and Walstad netted five each, Dalton Martin swished three, Risen Johnson popped for two and CJ Smith tickled the twines for a free throw.

JV stays close: The Wolves played straight up with BC for three quarters before falling a bit short in the third quarter, dropping their record to 0-3.

Brian Shank was a bright, shining star, however, swishing all three of his long-range bombs from three-point land.

No other stats were available.

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